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  • While cremations and burials fail to destroy these diseases, aquamation is the only acceptable method that effectively removes the risk of further spread and contamination.

    Fast Company 2010

  • While cremations and burials fail to destroy these diseases, aquamation is the only acceptable method that effectively removes the risk of further spread and contamination.

    Fast Company 2010

  • At present, the only functioning aquamation unit is at Eco Memorial Park on Australia's

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Resomation is a variation of aquamation, but unlike aquamation, resomation places the corpse into a temperature of 170°F (77°C) for approximately three hours.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • In Australia, aquamation has had a mixed response from scientists.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • Aquamation is a water-based process whose scientific name is "alkaline hydrolysis", in which a "combination of gentle water flow, temperature, and alkalinity are used to accelerate the breakdown of organic materials" when a body is laid to rest in soil, according to Bio-Response Solutions, a US company which specializes in the process.

    What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu Ghazi Balkiz,Jennifer Hauser 2022

  • At his request, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's body underwent aquamation -- considered to be a greener alternative to cremation -- South Africa's Anglican Church confirmed to CNN on Saturday.

    What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu Ghazi Balkiz,Jennifer Hauser 2022

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  • MaryW commented on the word aquamation

    In Australia, one company recently started selling a greener alternative. Aquamation Industries claims to offer a unique, cheaper, more carbon-neutral method of body disposal. Aquamation employs a process called alkaline hydrolysis, in which a body is placed in a stainless-steel vat containing a 200°F (93°C) potassium-hydroxide-and-water solution for four hours until all that remains is the skeleton. The bones, which are soft at that point, are then crushed and presented to the deceased's family. The residual liquid contains no DNA, and the procedure uses only 5% to 10% of the energy that cremation uses, says John Humphries, a former funeral-home director who is now the chief executive of Aquamation Industries, which launched its services in August. According to Humphries, Aquamation accelerates the processes that occur in nature.
    Marina Kamenev, Aquamation: A Greener Alternative to Cremation?, Time (September. 28, 2010)

    February 7, 2019

  • bilby commented on the word aquamation

    As compared to cwemation, presumably.

    February 7, 2019